LawrenceA Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 My pick for Best Supporting actress of 1950 - Giulietta Masina pictured above with Peppino De Filippo from Variety Lights (1950). Masina and co-director Federico Fellini and been married since 1943. A few more of their films together will show up in my picks. I'm a big fan of Fellini. Many of his films appear on my Top Ten of the Year lists, and several performances from his films, including several from Masina, will as well. Unfortunately, I have not yet seen Variety Lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Some random thoughts: Clearly I need to add South Sea Sinner to my must-see list. Liberace and Shelley Winters. The cast parties must have been interesting. As usual, the group is reminding me of performances I should have included, like James Stewart and Dan Duryea in Winchester '73, Jessie White in Harvey, and Ingrid Bergman in Stromboli, which I like better than the other Rossellini films I've seen. Speaking of John Garfield, another role he could have played to perfection would have been the Van Johnson role in The Caine Mutiny. Although Van Johnson gives a fine performance, I believe Garfield's blue-collar edge would have brought a greater sense of anguish. Four of the films from this year--All About Eve, The Asphalt Jungle, Rashomon, and Sunset Boulevard--are among the most imitated films of all time. Among my absolute favorite moments from this year: 1) the tender scenes between Barbara Stanwyck and Gilbert Roland in The Furies; 2) Sam Jaffe delays his escape to watch a teenage girl dance to the jukebox. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard are a pair of 1950 productions that have two of the most famous closing scenes in the movies. But, for me, one of the most poignant closing scenes of them all is the overhead crane shot at the finale of director Michael Curtiz's The Breaking Point. It's a moment of extraordinary sensitivity in which the filmmaker adopts the unorthodox approach of divorcing the audience's attention upon the principle players in the drama to concentrate instead, and very unexpectedly, upon a small subsidiary character in the film who faces a tragedy of his own of which he is not yet aware. This is a quite extraordinary adaption of Hemingway's novella To Have and Have Not, far different from the Howard Hawks-Bogart take from just six years before, the emphasis here upon human drama, rather than romance and adventure. John Garfield, playing Harry Morgan, the skipper of a small boat rented for fishing expeditions, now so desperate for money to support his family that he gets involved in criminal activity, delivers a heart breaking, beautifully nuanced performance, combining rugged masculinity with emotional vulnerability. The actor had done this throughout his career but never, in my opinion, as movingly as in this, his second last film. But it's not just Garfield's show. The entire cast is first rate, ranging from Phyllis Thaxter as his supportive wife to Patricia Neal as a good time girl to Wallace Ford as a sleazy little man of connections to criminal activity to the wonderful Juano Hernandez as Garfield's loyal shipmate. And yet, just as the audience feels that they have figured out these characters as stock portrayals, the film will turn around and surprise you, showing additional aspects to their characterizations that you might not have expected to find here. But, after all the strong human drama and suspense that the film had previously offered (with Mike Curtiz in peak form in the last outstanding achievement of his career) the production ends with that memorable aforementioned overhead crane shot and, with that, a haunting touch of humanity and compassion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 Here are Danny Peary’s Alternate Oscar choices for 1950. Winners in bold. 1950 Best Actor Spencer Tracy, Father of the Bride* Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place Marlon Brando, The Men John Garfield, The Breaking Point Sterling Hayden, The Asphalt Jungle Robert Newton, Treasure Island James Stewart, Harvey James Stewart, Winchester ‘73 1950 Best Actress Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd.* Bette Davis, All About Eve Katharine Hepburn, Adam’s Rib (49) Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday Betty Hutton, Annie Get Your Gun Maureen O’Hara, Rio Grande And here are Michael Gerbert’s Golden Armchair choices for 1950: Best Actor George Sanders, All About Eve Best Actress Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd.* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Much to John Garfield's chagrin. Yet it was in '51 that Garfield, blackballed in Hollywood, was finally able to play the role of Joe Bonaparte when Golden Boy was revived for him, touring New England, to further play the role in early '52 in NYC, just two months prior to his death. Although Garfield didn't play Joe in that first Group Theater production in 1937, he was in that cast (as Jules Garfield) -- he played Siggie, Joe's brother-in-law, which is a decent part. Others in that cast were Phoebe Brand (whom I worked with when she was 95); Morris Carnovsky, Elia Kazan, Lee J. Cobb, Howard Da Silva, and Martin Ritt. The director was Harold Clurman. Garfield did get to play the young lead -- Ralph Berger -- in another important Odets play presented by the Group Theater -- Awake and Sing, in 1935. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 The Golden Globes introduced acting in a comedy or musical categories for lead performers in 1950 which forever diluted their nominations. But it sometimes made room for nominations not seen in the Oscar competition. The Golden Globe Awards for 1950 were … Best Actor in a Drama Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac* James Stewart, Harvey Louis Calhern, The Magnificent Yankee Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Fred Astaire, Three Little Words* Harold Lloyd, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock Dan Dailey, When Willie Comes Marching Home Best Actress in a Drama Gloria Swanson, Sunset Blvd.* Bette Davis, All About Eve Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday* Spring Byington, Louisa Best Supporting Actor Edmund Gwenn, Mister 880* George Sanders, All About Eve Erich von Stroheim, Sunset Blvd. Best Supporting Actress Josephine Hull, Harvey* Thelma Ritter, All About Eve Judy Holliday, Adam’s Rib (49) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 Here are my choices of the 86 films I've seen from 1950 for… Best Supporting Actor of 1950 1. GEORGE SANDERS (Addison De Witt), All About Eve 2. SESSUE HAYAKAWA (Colonel Michio Suga), Three Came Home 3. SAM JAFFE ("Doc" Erwin Riedenschneider/”Klember”), The Asphalt Jungle 4. LOUIS CALHERN (Alonzo D. Emmerich/”Uncle Lon”), The Asphalt Jungle 5. CECIL KELLAWAY (Dr. William "Willie" Chumley), Harvey 6. ERICH VON STROHEIM (Max von Mayerling), Sunset Blvd. 7. STEPHEN MCNALLY ("Dutch Henry Brown"/Matthew McAdam), Winchester '73 8 FRANCIS L. SULLIVAN (Phil Nosseross), Night and the City 9. ZERO MOSTEL (Raymond Fitch), Panic In the Streets 10. JACK PALANCE (“Black ie”), Panic In the Streets and ... MARC LAWRENCE (Cobby), The Asphalt Jungle EDMUND GWENN (“Skipper” William Miller/”Mister 880”), Mister 880 HOWARD ST. JOHN (Jim Devery), Born Yesterday PAUL DOUGLAS (Capt. Tom Warren), Panic In the Streets JESSE WHITE (Marvin Wilson), Harvey LEO G. CARROLL (Mr. Massoula), Father of the Bride GREGORY RATOFF (Max Fabian), All About Eve FRED CLARK (Sheldrake), Sunset Blvd. DAN DURYEA ("Waco" Johnny Dean/”the Kansas Kid”), Winchester '73 WALLACE FORD (F.R. Duncan), The Breaking Point HERBERT LOM (Kristo), Night and the City WILLIAM LYNN (Judge Omar Gaffney), Harvey MASAYUKI MORI (Takehiro, "the man"), Rashomon FERNAND GRAVEY (Charles Breitkopf), La Ronde STANISLAUS ZBYSKO (Gregorious the Great), Night and the CityJACK WEBB (Norm Butler), The Men MILLARD MITCHELL ("High-Spade" Frankie Wilson), Winchester '73 JOHN MCINTIRE (Joe Lamont), Winchester ‘73 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Bogie, I like that you acknowledged Marc Lawrence in The Asphalt Jungle. He was always interesting, and he had one of the longer Hollywood careers, from an uncredited bit in 1932's If I Had a Million (at the age of 22) all the way to Looney Tunes: Back In Action in 2003 (at age 93!). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Some fun stories about Panic in the Streets: Kazan cast an actress as Zero Mostel's wife that he knew Mostel didn't like, because husband and wife argue throughout the film. Kazan was not impressed by Paul Douglas as an actor, though he admitted that Douglas was effective as the cop in Panic in the Streets. Kazan thought that Douglas "should have been a host in a steakhouse." Eddie Muller has said that he thinks the Richard Widmark we see in the domestic scenes with Barbara Bel Geddes is close to the way Widmark was in real life. Widmark sometimes named this as his favorite film. Bogie, I'm pleased that you also mentioned Jack Webb in The Men. People like me who have scarcely seen him play any role but Sgt. Joe Friday in Dragnet will be surprised at what a good performance Jack Webb gave in this film. I was also pleasantly surprised by Mel Ferrer in Born To Be Bad. Ferrer is often wooden, but he certainly comes to life playing Joan Fontaine's biotchy art world friend. Joan Fontaine makes one of the great movie exits in Born To Be Bad: [SPOILER] If you're being kicked out of the mansion, at least drive away with a pile of fur coats in the back seat. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I don't believe that anyone has made reference to what I regard as one of the most fun films of 1950, the British suspense thriller State Secret. The film is light hearted in tone, incorporating some humour along the way, mixed in with the thrills, very Hitchcockian in many respects. In regard to that, the film's director/scenarist is Sidney Gilliat, the same man who had written the screenplay for one of Hitch's best thrillers, The Lady Vanishes. State Secret stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as an American doctor invited to a European dictatorship (presumably behind the Iron Curtain) who becomes innocently aware of a dangerous state secret, and then finds himself on the run for his life from state police. Fairbanks is effectively understated in the lead role (the Hitchcock-like innocent "everyman" with whom the audience identifies), while Jack Hawkins mixes smooth charm with a cold blooded determination as the head of the state police. In the midst of his flight from authorities, Fairbanks encounters Glynis Johns (genuinely charming) as a stage performer who reluctantly becomes involved, as well as a young Herbert Lom as a black market scoundrel. Lom pretty much steals every scene he is in, bringing a dark humour to the film as a cad who would sell his own mother out to authorities but is forced, much to his regret, to assist the doctor on the run. The film is a fast moving chase adventure, reaching a genuinely suspenseful climax in the mountains, with authorities hot on the hero's (and heroine's) heels. State Secret is a delight or, as the English might say, a jolly good show, but one that has become difficult to find on television and has never, to the best of my knowledge, ever been released on any sort of home video format. Copy right issues raising their ugly head once again? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 Sessue Hayakawa was quite brilliant in Three Came Home (1950) as Colonel Michio Suga the commandant of a Japanese female prisoner of war camp. It is almost a dry-run for his Colonel Sato in Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Sessue Hayakawa was quite brilliant in Three Came Home (1950) as Colonel Michio Suga the commandant of a Japanese female prisoner of war camp. It is almost a dry-run for his Colonel Sato in Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Back and 1950 and 1957, Hayakawa was really preparing for his role in The Geisha Boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Winner in BOLD BEST PICTURE All About Eve The Asphalt Jungle Born Yesterday Caged! Cinderella Father of the Bride The Fuller Brush Girl In a Lonely Place Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town Montana Summer Stock Sunset Boulevard Three Little Words Where the Sidewalk Ends Woman On the Run Young Man With a Horn BEST ACTOR Sterling Hayden, The Asphalt Jungle Broderick Crawford, Born Yesterday William Holden, Born Yesterday William Holden, Sunset Boulevard Spencer Tracy, Father of the Bride Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place Gene Kelly, Summer Stock Fred Astaire, Three Little Words Dana Andrews, Where the Sidewalk Ends Kirk Douglas, Young Man With a Horn Dean Stockwell, Kim Errol Flynn, Montana BEST ACTRESS Bette Davis, All About Eve Anne Baxter, All About Eve Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard Eleanor Parker, Caged! Gloria Grahame, In a Lonely Place Doris Day, Young Man With a Horn Joan Bennett, Father of the Bride Judy Garland, Summer Stock Marjorie Main, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town Alexis Smith, Montana BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR George Sanders, All About Eve Louis Calhern, The Asphalt Jungle Errol Flynn, Kim Erich Von Stroheim, Sunset Boulevard Gary Merrill, Where the Sidewalk Ends Karl Malden, Where the Sidewalk Ends BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Agnes Moorehead, Caged! Hope Emerson, Caged! Lee Patrick, Caged! Marilyn Monroe, The Asphalt Jungle Thelma Ritter, All About Eve Celeste Holm, All About Eve Nancy Olson, Sunset Boulevard Elizabeth Taylor, Father of the Bride Marjorie Main, Summer Stock Debbie Reynolds, Two Weeks With Love Gene Tierney, Where the Sidewalk Ends Lauren Bacall, Young Man with a Horn BEST SCENE ***TIE*** In All About Eve, when George Sanders exposes Anne Baxter's lies and by the end of the scene has blackmailed her into being with him. In Caged! When Kitty Stark (or Star Kitty as I kept referring to her) finally does what the audience has been wanting to do the whole movie... she stabs Hope Emerson to death with a fork. And if that isn't awesome enough, Eleanor Parker is there to cheer her on! BEST ENDING ***TIE*** The ending to Sunset Boulevard with Norma Desmond getting ready for her close-up. The ending to All About Eve with Barbara Bates trying on Anne Baxter's wrap and posing in her mirror and holding her award. There's always another one waiting in the wings. Baxter will get "hers" soon enough. BEST SONG "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," Cinderella BEST DREAM Spencer Tracy's insane Salvador Dali-designed nightmare in Father of the Bride. WORST MUSICAL NUMBER "Heavenly Music," Gene Kelly and Phil Silvers in Summer Stock BEST MUSICAL NUMBER "Get Happy," Judy Garland in Summer Stock FUNNIEST SCENE In Summer Stock , when Eddie Bracken threatens to break up Gene Kelly's show and Judy Garland says that she'll dump him if he even acts like he's going to break up the show. She tells him to get out and he keeps squawking. She purses her lips and gives him the death stare. Hilarious. BEST CHARACTER PROGRESSION Eleanor Parker's transformation from a frightened, naive teenager to a hardened and cynical young woman. This transformation is courtesy of her trip to the clink in Caged! CAMPIEST FILM Caged! BEST UNEXPECTED SINGING SCENE Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith dueting on the song, "Reckon I'm in Love" in Montana. BEST LINE Bette Davis to Anne Baxter in All About Eve: "Nice speech Eve. But I wouldn't worry too much about your heart. You can always put that award where your heart ought to be." MOST LACKLUSTER LOVE INTEREST Prince Charming in Cinderella. Next! He's dulls-ville. He even yawns in the movie! Get Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty in there. He's way better. CHARACTER WITH THE BEST SELF ESTEEM (DELUSIONAL AS IT MAY BE) Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard Joe: "You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big." Norma: "I am big! It's the pictures that got small." SPEEDRACER'S TAKEAWAY FROM "ALL ABOUT EVE" What happened to Thelma Ritter? She takes everyone's coats at Bette Davis' party and then... she's gone. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Sunset Boulevard Joe: "You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big." Norma: "I am big! It's the pictures that got small." In my view the best line of 1950 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 The 1950 Venice Film Festival winners were: Best Actor Sam Jaffe, The Asphalt Jungle Best Actress Eleanor Parker, Caged The Cannes Film Festival was not held in 1950. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 Back and 1950 and 1957, Hayakawa was really preparing for his role in The Geisha Boy. Quite. "I have already given the order." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Without intending to, I watched most of All About Eve yesterday for the umpteenth time. Missed all of Thelma Ritter's scenes. Speedracer's right, she just disappears. In memory she has a larger part, because she certainly makes the most of the time she has, and she has the supremely great line, "Everything but the bloodhounds snapping at her rear end." On the other hand, I saw almost all of Celeste Holm's scenes, every line perfectly timed and pointed, every emotional reaction dead-on. George Sanders is perfection, too, though Addison DeWitt expresses fewer emotions than the ordinary person. Because Margo Channing is a diva, it's easy to overlook how many layers and changes of emotion Bette Davis finds in the part. I have always liked Gary Merrill in just about anything, not a star, but a capable actor with an attractive voice and a solid masculine presence. It's heresy, but I prefer Marilyn Monroe in small roles as in All About Eve and especially The Asphalt Jungle to most of her starring roles, except for Some Like It Hot. Even that, to me, is a Jack Lemmon movie with a good performance by Tony Curtis, a sublime performance by Joe E. Brown, and good work by Marilyn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 Here are my choices of the 86 films I've seen from 1950 for… Best Actress of 1950 1. GLORIA SWANSON (Norma Desmond), Sunset Blvd 2. BETTE DAVIS (Margot Channing), All About Eve 3. JUDY HOLLIDAY (Emma “Billie” Dawn), Born Yesterday 4. ANNE BAXTER (Eve Harrington/"Gertrude Schulinsky"), All About Eve 5. CLAUDETTE COLBERT (Agnes Newton Keith), Three Came Home 6. ELEANOR PARKER (Marie Allen), Caged 7. MACHIKO KYO (Masago, "the woman"), Rashomon 8. ELEANOR PARKER (Susan Adele Connors Chase), Three Secrets 9. GLORIA GRAHAME (Laurel Gray), In a Lonely Place 10. LINDA DARNELL (Edie Johnson/Mrs. John Biddle), No Way Out and ... JOAN BENNETT (Ellie Banks), Father of the Bride PATRICIA NEAL (Phyllis Horn) , Three Secrets JEAN SIMMONS (Sophie Malraux), The Clouded Yellow JEAN SIMMONS (Victoria Barton), So Long at the Fair JEAN KENT (Agnes Houston/”Madame Astra”), The Woman In Question KATHLEEN HARRISON (Emma Brown Foreman), Trio MAJ-BRITT NILSSON (Marta Olsson), To Joy JANE WYMAN (Eve Gill/”Doris Tinsdale”), Stage Fright PEGGY CUMMINS (Annie Laurie Starr), Gun Crazy CARLA DEL POGGIO (Liliana “Lily” Antonelli), Variety Lights MAUREEN O'HARA (Mrs. Kathleen Yorke), Rio Grande 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraSmith Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Sunset Boulevard Joe: "You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big." Norma: "I am big! It's the pictures that got small." In my view the best line of 1950 Gloria Swanson has three memorable quotes: this one, the closing line and "We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!" Nancy Olson also has a great line about the difference between movies and reality: "Look at this street. All cardboard, all hollow, all phony. All done with mirrors. I like it better than any street in the world. Maybe because I used to play here when I was a kid." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Without intending to, I watched most of All About Eve yesterday for the umpteenth time. Missed all of Thelma Ritter's scenes. Speedracer's right, she just disappears. In another Oscar winning film, Best Years of Our Lives, Rob Stephenson, played by Michael Hall, the son of Myrna Loy and Fredric March, just disappears as well, without explanation. There is he on the right. Nice wholesome kid, gets a samarai sword from his father, then - poof! - gone! Remember the big wedding scene at the end of the film? The entire cast is there except, you guessed it, Rob. Maybe he's hanging out with Thelma Ritter somewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Without intending to, I watched most of All About Eve yesterday for the umpteenth time. Missed all of Thelma Ritter's scenes. Speedracer's right, she just disappears. In memory she has a larger part, because she certainly makes the most of the time she has, and she has the supremely great line, "Everything but the bloodhounds snapping at her rear end." On the other hand, I saw almost all of Celeste Holm's scenes, every line perfectly timed and pointed, every emotional reaction dead-on. George Sanders is perfection, too, though Addison DeWitt expresses fewer emotions than the ordinary person. Because Margo Channing is a diva, it's easy to overlook how many layers and changes of emotion Bette Davis finds in the part. I have always liked Gary Merrill in just about anything, not a star, but a capable actor with an attractive voice and a solid masculine presence. It's heresy, but I prefer Marilyn Monroe in small roles as in All About Eve and especially The Asphalt Jungle to most of her starring roles, except for Some Like It Hot. Even that, to me, is a Jack Lemmon movie with a good performance by Tony Curtis, a sublime performance by Joe E. Brown, and good work by Marilyn. The Ritter character becomes irrelevant to the plot once Eve is no longer Margo's 'right hand women' and Margo is aware of Eve's character traits, which were suspected by her cynical maid\dresser\ assistant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Without intending to, I watched most of All About Eve yesterday for the umpteenth time. Missed all of Thelma Ritter's scenes. Speedracer's right, she just disappears. In memory she has a larger part, because she certainly makes the most of the time she has, and she has the supremely great line, "Everything but the bloodhounds snapping at her rear end." On the other hand, I saw almost all of Celeste Holm's scenes, every line perfectly timed and pointed, every emotional reaction dead-on. George Sanders is perfection, too, though Addison DeWitt expresses fewer emotions than the ordinary person. Because Margo Channing is a diva, it's easy to overlook how many layers and changes of emotion Bette Davis finds in the part. I have always liked Gary Merrill in just about anything, not a star, but a capable actor with an attractive voice and a solid masculine presence. It's heresy, but I prefer Marilyn Monroe in small roles as in All About Eve and especially The Asphalt Jungle to most of her starring roles, except for Some Like It Hot. Even that, to me, is a Jack Lemmon movie with a good performance by Tony Curtis, a sublime performance by Joe E. Brown, and good work by Marilyn. King-- With all the Marilyn Monroe DVD's out in the last decade, I've finally gotten a chance to see a lot of her work. And I've been thinking along the same lines as you. I find that's she's done her best work in what I like to call her medium sized roles- - Clash by Night Niagara Don't Bother to Knock I was amazed at her dramatic ability. And when you put that alongside her tremendous comedic Talent and above-average ability to sing and dance, she was an unbelievable screen performer. I think today she would not have a problem with others not seeing her great versatility and acting abilities. I have to say it was the sexism of her time, as well as the studio system, that didn't allow her to see her potential. However, her unbelievable Beauty must have also been somewhat of a hindrance for her. I can also imagine that in person the charismatic effect of her sensual Beauty and sexuality must have been out of control. So she was stereotyped in the studio system as the beautiful dumb blonde. But I have to say unabashedly my favorite role for her is Lorelei in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Like so many other actresses and actors have found-- for example: Basil Rathbone, Errol Flynn, or Tyrone Power-- when you successfully play one type of role to the max,they want you to keep on doing it until the day you die because a known commodity always brings in the money. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Another character who disappears is Delia Phillips, played by Minerva Urecal in The Living Ghost (1942). Which is too bad, because she's the most interesting character in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Japan’s Blue Ribbon Awards were first held in 1951 for the films of 1950. Here are their winners … Best Actor So Yamamura, The Manekata Sisters Best Actress Chikage Awashima, Crazy Uproar ————————————————————————————— Japan’s Mainichi Awards for 1950 were … Best Actor Shin Saburi, Kikyo and Shikko Yuyu Best Actress Machiko Kyo, Clothes of Deception and Rashomon Best Supporting Actor So Yamamura, Kikyo and Manekata Sisters 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Here are my choices of the 86 films I've seen from 1950 for… Best Actor of 1950 1. TOSHIRO MIFUNE (Tajomaru, "the bandit"), Rashomon 2. SPENCER TRACY (Stanley T. Banks), Father of the Bride 3. WILLIAM HOLDEN (Joseph "Joe" C. Gillis), Sunset Blvd. 4. JOSE FERRER (Cyrano de Bergerac), Cyrano de Bergerac 5. BRODERICK CRAWFORD (Harry Brock), Born Yesterday 6. MARLON BRANDO (Kenneth Wilozek/”Bud”), The Men 7. JAMES STEWART (Elwood P. Dowd), Harvey 8. GREGORY PECK (Jimmy Ringo), The Gunfighter 9. ROBERT NEWTON ("Captain" Long John Silver), Treasure Island 10. JOHN GARFIELD (Harry Morgan), The Breaking Point and ... STERLING HAYDEN (Dix Handley), The Asphalt Jungle JAMES STEWART (Lin McAdam), Winchester '73 JOHN WAYNE (Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke), Rio Grande SIDNEY POITIER (Dr. Luther Brooks), No Way Out NIGEL PATRICK (Max Kalada), Trio RICHARD WIDMARK (Harry Fabian/”Reeves”), Night and the City STEWART GRANGER (Allan Quartermain), King Solomon's Mines PEPPINO DE FILIPPO (Checco Dal Monte), Variety Lights DIRK BOGARDE (Tom Riley), The Blue Lamp JAMES STEWART (Tom Jeffords), Broken Arrow JOHN DALL (Barton Tare), Gun Crazy JAMES HAYTER (Albert Foreman), Trio 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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